Reviews for Ghosts and Roses

The average rating for Ghosts and Roses based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-06-24 00:00:00 Carlos Ascanio We see dead people. The six Vicknair cousins are mediums, helping ghosts cross over. The powers that be set each ghost a different requisition to transit into the greater beyond and one of the Vicknair cousins to help finish the task. Now it's Gage Vicknair's turn. The ghost of a stabbed girl, Lillian, can't cross over until she saves her friend, Makayla Sparks from the man that had abused Lillian, Makayla and two other girls in the orphanage when they were little. That man has apparently escaped from prison and wants revenge on the four women that had helped put him behind bars. Lillian was his first victim, but apparently he went after Makayla first, the traumatic experience causing the girl to lose her memory. Lillian knows where to find her. She goes by the name Kayla now, and lives in a shelter where Gage's cousin works. Gage and Lillian arrive just in time to save Kayla from her assailant clutches, but when Gage meets Kayla's eyes, he has another shock coming. She is the same woman he's been dreaming (and doing much more in his dreams with *wink wink*= about for the last two weeks. And it seems she's been having the same dreams. But before making those dreams come true, and for Kayla to actually have a future, Gage must finish the task given to him. Save her life and help Lillian cross over. This was an interesting take on the usual ghost lore. The ghosts are those souls that didn't accomplish their "goals" in the life span allotted them, but in this book (or series), they have help. The Vicknair cousins are there to help them finish their missions and transit to the other side. This was an extremely sad story, actually. About four abused girls, now women, still dealing with their traumas from the past. And with a different take on the things - without the ghost, without the Blaze line - it would've been a great, and poignant, read. Unfortunately, the ghost and the fact this is something out of the HB line, diminished its appeal, and almost ridiculed the initial (serious) premise. I just couldn't grasp the point of Gage, a trauma surgeon and a man who (in his words) basically needs sex to function, being a hero in a story about a woman molested as a child. And I just couldn't fathom how that same woman, that's been afraid of getting close to a man all her life, could have sexual dreams about a total stranger and then trusting him from the moment they've met. Sure, the characters were well-drawn, the pacing good, the sex hot, but I just couldn't get past my initial reservations, and couldn't quite bring myself to actually enjoy the story that one the one hand strove for compassion from the reader while demeaning its purpose at the same time.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-11-02 00:00:00 Mark Davis Forgot to finish reading this book. I got busy and shelved it. This is what I like about Goodreads, it reminds me to finish what I started. Ok so what I think about this book. I think this is better than the other books in the series. It has action and suspense. Since there�s a killer on the loose.